Sunshine Grammar School and College

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Sunshine Grammar School
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Address
Sunshine Grammar School and College
Road # 1

House # 11

Nasirabad H/S
,
Chittagong
,
4000

Bangladesh
Information
TypeCambridge International Examinations (CIE)
Pearsons Edexcel
Established1985 (1985)
FounderSafia Ghazi Rahman
ChairmanSafia Ghazi Rahman
PrincipalSameer Ghazi Rahman
GenderMale&Female
Age range2 – 18 years
Colour(s)Navy blue & white
PublicationFocus, La Sunshine, Sunshine Quarterly Newsletter
Communities servedSunshine Earth Club
Website sunshinegrammarschool.com

Sunshine Grammar School is a British curriculum school located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. [1] [2] The school provides lessons in Edexcel and Cambridge International Examinations for IGCSE and A Levels.

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History

Sunshine Grammar School was established in 1985. [3] It was the first British Curriculum School in the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, offering IGCSE, Ordinary and Advanced Levels education under Britain's CIE and Pearsons Edexcel,UK.

The first batch of Sunshiners appeared for exams in 1987. Sunshine was one of the first Schools in Bangladesh to be allocated an 'examination centre' status in the country by a British Education Board.

Sunshine Grammar School is an international test centre for SAT examinations (Center Code # 74108). [4] The school has also achieved recognition from Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) as an international school and is closed centre for exams conducted by Admissions Testing Services (ATS) for entrance into undergraduate degrees in Cambridge and Oxford University.

Subsidiaries

Chittagong Sunshine College, established in 1995, is the oldest English-medium National Curriculum based college under the Chittagong Education Board, Bangladesh.

Chittagong Sunshine School & College, [5] is a leading English-medium National Curriculum based school established in 2005 with a 100% pass rate.

Little Steps Dhaka is the first foray of Sunshine Education outside of Chittagong. Little Steps specialises in day care and pre-play for toddlers and plans to start a kindergarten section in the near future.

Admissions

The mode of admission is selective. Admissions are based on a preliminary written exam that tests English, maths and the sciences. Following satisfactory performance in the written test, the applicant undergoes a formal interview with the school authorities, who then make a final decision to offer a place to the student based on his/her academic, extracurricular and social skills. Approximately 15% of pupils are awarded a scholarship for excellence in academics and/or extracurricular activities.

Facilities

Activities

Academic subjects

SGS offers the most comprehensive list of subjects offered by a Bangladeshi school for IGCSE, Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations from CIE & Pearsons Edexcel. The subjects are as follows: [6]

Notable alumni

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References

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  3. Mazumder, Nirjhar (1 October 2011). "Sunshine Grammar School a centre of academic excellence". Daily Sun. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
  4. "SAT Test Centers in Bangladesh".
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  6. "Academic Subjects". Sunshine Grammar School and College.
  7. "Sunshiner Alumnus Irfaan Shukkur presenting a replica of his Rajshahi Royals jersey to Principal". Facebook.
  8. "Alumni Watch: Tamim Iqbal Khan". Facebook.

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